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Figure 1 Snapshot of Medical Comorbidities and Therapeutic Trends

Duke University Hospital coronary care unit July 1996, July 2001, and July 2006. CCU = coronary care unit; ESRD = end-stage renal disease; IABP = intra-aortic balloon pump; MI = myocardial infarction; PCI = percutaneous coronary intervention; VF = ventricular fibrillation; VT = ventricular tachycardia.